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author46halbe <46halbe@berlin.ccc.de>2014-08-25 09:24:55 +0000
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1title: Chaos Computer Club supports Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden
2date: 2014-08-24 00:52:00
3updated: 2014-08-25 09:24:55
4author: 46halbe
5tags: update, pressemitteilung
6
7Since its founding more than thirty years ago, the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) holds strong beliefs in the freedom of information. Consequentially, freedom fighters and whistleblowers deserve our utmost respect and support. For this reason we will help the European legal team of Edward Snowden financially.
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11Asylum, legal counsel and protection are costly. This is why we decided
12to support Snowden's six European lawyers with 36.000 Euro to cover
13their expenses. Earlier this year, the CCC general assembly also decided
14to offer Edward Snowden the honorary membership, which he accepted
15gladly.\
16\
17"The long lasting dedication of the CCC and others for citizen's rights
18and against mass surveillance paved the road for a broad public debate
19after Edward Snowden's revelations", said Snowden's German lawyer,
20Wolfgang Kaleck. "Both the commitment as well as the support for Snowden
21require perseverance. The financial support provided will help sustain
22these efforts."\
23\
24Edward Snowden is the source of many leaks about the so-called
25Intelligence Community and their hacking and surveillance operations,
26which made news headlines all over the world. He ignited the necessary
27global discussion by informing journalists about how much and how deeply
28we are being spied on by the NSA and their partners, how they infiltrate
29telecommunication and Internet service providers. One of our central
30claims and part of our hacker ethics is: "Public data should be
31utilized, private data should be protected." Edward Snowden had the guts
32to live by our principles.\
33\
34Undoubtedly, Chelsea Manning's courageous actions also stand in line
35with these values of ours. To express our support and respect, the CCC
36bi-annual general assembly unanimously voted for offering her the
37honorary membership. She agreed to accept our offer. Needless to say, it
38is an outstanding honor for us to count Chelsea Manning as one of us!\
39\
40The former US private Chelsea Manning, stationed in Iraq in 2009 and
412010, was sentenced for violations of the Espionage Act and other
42offences in August 2013. Allegedly, she transferred hundreds of
43thousands of military and U.S. State Department documents and the
44infamous "collateral murder" video to Wikileaks. Detained as a political
45prisoner in 2010 under unduly harsh conditions without minimal standards
46of humane treatment and stripped of her clothing in custody every night,
47Manning is now serving a 35-year sentence for her courageous acts. \[1\]
48
49 
50
51**Links**:\
52\[1\] [Alexa O'Brien at the 30th Chaos Communication
53Congress](http://media.ccc.de/browse/congress/2013/30C3_-_5634_-__-_saal_1_-_201312271600_-_07kingston25_jamaica_malaria_update_dispatches_from_fort_meade_-_alexa_o_brien.html)
54(30c3) reporting on the secret trial of Chelsea Manning\
55\[2\] [Edward Snowden Interview
56Transcript](http://mic.com/articles/47355/edward-snowden-interview-transcript-full-text-read-the-guardian-s-entire-interview-with-the-man-who-leaked-prism)\
57\